Game Thread: Knicks vs. Bobcats- 11/5/08
It won't make many headlines. Few outside the area will take notice. But tonight, above all nights, marks the most meaningful game in the history of Posting and Toasting. Maybe you haven't been paying attention to the news. Maybe you're hiding from the monstrous truth. It's hard to escape, though, the foul evil that resides within the Charlotte Bobcats organization. It once plagued our very own Knicks, feasting upon their flesh, leeching their souls, and taking them hostage for a terrible 23-59 season. The beast is capable of dismembering a man telepathically and disguising itself as a mellow, bespectacled 78 year-old with Hall of Fame credentials. Its curse even lingers within one of our own. It is so wicked, so hideous, that I request its name not be mentioned on this site.
Tonight, as the demon makes its hellish return to Madison Square Garden, the onus falls on our downtrodden heroes to defeat his slave army of Bobcats. To show the organization how they have been possessed, to help eradicate the demon from its earthly realm, and to demonstrate our freedom from its malevolent reign, we must be victorious tonight. Please join me in spectating what promises to be a grisly battle fraught with fatality. Moreso than ever, get them W's. Tipoff's at 7:30.
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In preparation
I’ve just bathed in holy water and peanut butter. Holy water, to fend off the presence of Larry “Astaroth” Brown, and peanut butter because it’s awesome.
Go NYK!
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 7:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
excellent work.
i’m watching this game in a man-sized, translucent, impenetrable bubble in which i cannot be harmed by evil spirits. you can’t be too cautious.
Posting and Toasting: Yes sir!
by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 7:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
also
easy on using that name. everytime that name is written or uttered, a baby seal somewhere in the atlantic ocean gets eaten alive by a shark.
Posting and Toasting: Yes sir!
by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What's an appropriate euphemism for L... B...?
Cannibal? Skippy McGee?
I say we need a poll.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 7:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not sure.
i guess simply “it” will suffice for now.
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by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 7:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
for a while
we were calling him “He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named” but then it started becoming unclear whether this name should be used to refer to the coach in question or a certain ex-Rocket/Magic/Knick whom we traded for Zach Randolph.
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 7:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The NBA
Where “not a lot of dishing and swishing” happens.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 7:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
oh my
the ghoul seems to have possessed michael jordan. it’s like space jam crossed with the exorcist.
Posting and Toasting: Yes sir!
by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 7:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
adam morrison's upper arms
not made for television.
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 8:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
hey now
nate robinson time
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by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 8:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
woah.
nate. it’s bobcats 23, nate robinson, 18.
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 8:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Style-wise
the Knicks under D’Antoni seem to suffer when they see “fast, open, lots of shots” as having to be outside jump shots, but seem to thrive when they see “fast, open, lots of shots” as opening up the court to create better inside looks.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 8:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
precisely.
i’d rather make risky, split-decision passes to cutters than risky, split-decision threes.
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by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 8:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
On the other hand,
If Nate is shooting 2,872,011% from the three point range, it doesn’t much matter.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 8:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
GOOD LORD.
nate robinson has made it his solitary burden to rid this world of the foul coach-demon
WILSON CHANDLER AERIAL ASSAULT.
NATE AGAIN!
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by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 8:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
issue with msg's coverage:
not enough shots of disappointed and flustered man-demon, preferably sinking his head into his hands and weeping.
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 8:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Project:
Someone with some computer/video skills should compile a one minute film of man-demon in agony. Video footage of him looking downtrodden, distraught, in agony, unhappy, devastated, broken. The only challenge may be if members of his species do not have “emotions” like humans do.
I’m not bitter.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 8:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
what's this bacardi trivia nonsense?
i only take my meaningless basketball questions presented by nissan.
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by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 8:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
q-rich looks naked without a headband.
you knew that shot was off as soon as he put it up.
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 8:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
A minute with Chris Rock.
One word: “pain”.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 8:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ouch.
chris rock swings and misses on like 4 straight jokes.
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 8:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You didn't suffocate with laughter
with “Back to you Al. This game is crack-a-lacking!”?
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 8:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dan D'antoni
<, >, or = Frank Stallone?
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 8:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Even though Q missed it,
That last sequence was luscious.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 9:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ummm
what just happened in that segment with charles oakley?
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
excellent fast break
off the d-lee steal in the passing lane
Posting and Toasting: Yes sir!
by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 9:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
we're getting a lot of good turnovers.
i just can’t tell whether it’s due to us being ok defenders or charlotte just being abhorrent.
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 9:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
almost an mca there.
mardy collins is soooooooooo jealous. thankfully he’s being jealous on the bench. mike d’antoni has seen the light.
by Barnesgasm on Nov 5, 2008 9:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
no mardy collins at all tonight!
just saw the box score! not playing mardy is like taking that heart burn medicine before you eat spicy food.
by stingy d on Nov 5, 2008 10:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
need this game
like you said above, exorcise the demons and get rid of the he-who-must-not-be-named talk.
just an observation: i see Augustin has 14 pts. there’s another guy the Knicks could’ve used with that #6 pick. i really hope Gallinari makes me eat shit in a couple of years for being so hard on him…
Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!
by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 5, 2008 9:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
True
But Charlotte’s taken a ton of shit for taking Augustin as high as he went. Plus, we got Gallinari as something of a project, knowing it would take time, even a year or two, for him to grow physically and adapt to the speed/style of the NBA. I don’t think it’s fair to judge this pick at all, regardless of what happens, for a year or two.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 9:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it's selfish
but frankly, i’m tired of being patient with this team.
Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!
by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 5, 2008 9:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I hear ya
Bt unfortunately, since this franchise has been so badly trashed from the Ewing trade onward, there’s not much choice except to take the long view and hope that D’Antoni and Walsh know what they’re doing with an eye 3-4 years down the road.
Also, as bad as the Knicks have been, we’ve been to the NBA Finals in the last decade, which is more than the vast majority of teams in the major sports, let alone the NBA, can say.
This is all rationalization and consolation though. It can be damn frustrating.
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
man that feels like a long time ago
with all the shit that has happened from Layden to Van Horn to Isiah to Marbury to he-who-must-not-be-name to Eddy Curry, 1999 feels like a century ago.
my dad and i joke around that rooting for the Knicks is like staying in an abusive relationship. hopefully, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. at least it appears that they’re starting to go in the right direction. i just don’t know if this team will ever reclaim their 90’s glory with a piece of shit like Dolan running things.
Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!
by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 5, 2008 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i swear
my dad and i make the same analogy
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by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 9:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
victory!
Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!
by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 5, 2008 9:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
post-game
Did they always do the post-game interview broadcast to all of MSG, or just sart that this year?
by twincitiesknick on Nov 5, 2008 10:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i hear deb kaufman
is no longer deb kaufman
by stingy d on Nov 5, 2008 10:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah....
done got married? divorced? i wanna know if d-kauf’s on the market.
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by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 10:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
nice to win.
i don’t really feel like even leaving bed right now, but i’ll try and have a recap up shortly.
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by Seth on Nov 5, 2008 10:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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